Short rail for bedsteads.



P. GOBRECHT.

SHORT RAIL TOR BEDSTEADS.

APPLIGATION FILED 11111.30. 1911.

Patented Nov. 14,1911.

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PETER GOBRECHT, OF NORWOOD, OHIO.

SHORT RAIL FOR BEDSTEADS.

Application led January 30, 1911.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 14, 1911.

serial No. 605,434.

To all whom t 'may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER GoBRncH'r, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and resident of Norwood, county of Hamilton, and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Short Rails forBedsteads, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to short-rails for bedsteads, and has for anobject to produce a short-rail for bedsteads which is capable ofsecuring the head and foot portions of metal or other beds together, forthe purpose of display, and which is also capable of being employed as ahandle in moving the head and foot portions, after they have beensecured together.

A further object is to produce a short-rail for bedsteads which may beeasily and quickly secured in place, and which is simple and cheap tomanufacture.

These and other objects I attain by means of a short-rail embodying thefeatures herein described, and illustrated in the drawings accompanyingthis application and forming a part thereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a partial perspective view of the head andfoot portions of a bedstead, secured together by means of a short-railembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a partial sectional view along theline 2 2 of Fig. 1, and illustrates the manner in which a short-railembodying my invention is secured to the rail support lugs of abedstead. Fig. 3 is a partial plan view of the short-rail shown in Fig.2, and is shown in connection with a section of a bed post, taken on theline 3-3 of Fig. 2.

The short-rail illustrated as an embodiment of my invention consists ofa rod 4, provided at its opposite ends with right and left hand screwthreads, a handle 5 mountedon the rod 4, nuts 6 secured onto the ends ofthe rod 4, and hangers 7, each of which is mounted on the rod, betweenone end of the handle 5 and the adjacent nut 6. The handle shown is verysimilar to the usual form of turn buckle, and consists of enlarged endportions, which are provided with flat faces 8, extending at rightangles to the rod 4, and which are secured together by means ofintegrally formed intermediate ribs. The intermediate portion of the rod4, between the threaded ends, is preferably square, and axially alinedsquare openings 10 are provided in the end portions of the handle 5,

and are adapted to receive the rod 4. With this construction the handlemay be remployed in turning the rod and drawing up and loosening thenuts 6, as will -hereinafter be described.

Each hanger 7 illustrated, consists of a short angle iron, one leg ofwhich is provided with an elongated slot 11, through which the rod 4extends. The other leg of each hanger is adapted to engage the lowerface of the rail support lug of the bed, and to support the leg when therail is employed as a handle in moving the bedstead.

The head and foot portions 12 and 13 of the bed illustrated are eachprovided with ordinary forms of rail support lugs 14, which are providedwith the usual vertically extending undercut or dove-tailed slots 15,adapted to receive the ends of the bed rails.

In securing the short-rail, illustrated, in place on the head and footportions 12 and 13, the bolts 6, located at the opposite ends of the rod4, are introduced int'o the lower ends of the undercut portions of theslots 15 in the head and foot support lugs. The hangers are moved sothat they are located between the ends of the handle 5 and the slottedfaces of the lugs 14; the handle is then moved upwardly, so as to movethe nuts into the slots 15, and so as to bring the supporting lug ofeach hanger into contact with the lower face of the adjacent lug 14. Thehandle 5 is then turned so as to draw up the nuts 6 and clamp the railin place on the head and foot rail support lugs, by drawing the slottedfaces of the lugs into engagement with the slotted legs of the hangers,which are forced into contact with the end faces 8 of the handle 5. Thebolts 6 are of such size that they fit easily into the undercut portionof the slots, but are prevented from turning while in the slots. Withthis arrangement, the short-rail may be quickly secured in place, andwill provide means for holding the head and foot portions of thebedstead in place, for display purposes, and also may be employed as ahandle for moving the bedstead.

In the drawings, I have shown the hangers provided with elongated slots11, so that the short-rail may be adjusted to various sizes ofv railsupporting lugs. The rod 4 may be moved to such a position relative tothe hangers, that it will engage the upper ends of the slots 11, and inthis manner positively support the hanger, or the frictional gripbetween the ends 8, and the slotted faces of the rail support lugs maybe relied upon to hold the hangers in place, and to support them whilethe rail is being employed in moving the bedstead.

Vhen it is desired to remove the shortrails from the head and footportions of the bed, the handle 5 is turned, so that the nuts 6 arescrewed outwardly on the rod. This releases the rail and it may beeasily removed by moving the handle downwardly, so that the, nuts 6 arewithdrawn from the lower end of the slots 15. While the shortrail is inplace, the rod l extends through the narrower portion of the slots l5and acts as a tension member in drawing the lugs 14: together, and thehandle 5, which is employed in tightening the nuts 6, acts as acompression member, against which the slotted faces of the hangers 7 areforced by the lugs 14.

Vhile I have shown an embodiment of my invention which is adapted to beemployed in connection with metal bedsteads, it will be apparent that byproperly proportio-ning the parts, it may be employed in a similarmanner in securing the head and foot boards of wooden bedsteadstogether, for displayl purposes.

, What I claim is l. A short-rail for bedsteads comprising a rodprovided at its ends with oppositely cut screw threads, nuts screwedonto the ends of the rod and adapted to envage rail supporting slots ofthe head and foot portions of the bedst'ead, a handle located on the rodbetween the nuts `for turning the rod and changing the position of thenuts on the rod and adapted to act as a compression member between thehead and :toot portions.

2. A short-rail for bedsteads comprising a rod provided at its ends withoppositely cut screw threads, a nut screwed onto each end of said rod, ahandle mounted on said rod between said nuts, and a hanger located onsaid rod at each end of said rod and between it and the adjacent nut.

3. In combination with the rail supporting lugs of the head and footportions of a bedstead, a short-rail comprising a tension member adaptedto project into rail supporting slots of adjacent supporting lugs, meansmounted on said member for engaging said slots, and a member mounted onsaid tension member for engaging the slotted faces of said lugs and foractuating said means, and hangers mounted on said tension member forsupporting said lugs.

4. In combination with the rail supporting lugs of the head and footportions of a bedstead, a short-rail comprising a rod, means mounted onthe rod near its ends for engaging the rail supporting slots of saidlugs, a handle mounted on the rod, and a hanger located on each end ofsaid rod and mounted on said rod for supporting the adjacent railsupporting lugs.

PETER GoBEEoHT.

Witnesses:

WALTER F. MURRAY, NATI-IANIEL I-I. MAXWELL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

'Washingtom D. C.

